Economic and Environmental Role of Wetlands

Interview with Nick Davidson, Ramsar Convention’s Deputy Secretary General at CBD, COP11. The key role that rapidly diminishing wetlands play in supporting human life and biodiversity needs to be recognized and integrated into decision-making as a vital component of the transition to a resource-efficient, sustainable world economy, according to a new TEEB report released today.

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di, apr 15, 2014

UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner (C) with Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Prof. Judi Wakhungu (L) and a Kenya Wildlife Service Officer (R) at the launch of the Kenya Green Economy report